UN Women Timor Leste Quarterly Newsletter | January - March 2020

Date: Monday, June 1, 2020

Timor-Leste’s recent history is full of stories of women who have made a significant contribution to building the nation. Women played various roles during the struggle for independence and participated in politics and state-building soon after independence.

In Brief: Women’s Needs and Gender Equality in Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 Response

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Women and girls’ immediate and long-term needs must be addressed and integrated into Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 response, in order to ensure both women’s access to services and human rights, and to enable women to contribute to shaping the response.

Chega! Women for Peace – A Manual to Understand the UNSCR 1325

Date: Friday, February 14, 2020

Designed for adult learners, it provides trainers & leaders with culturally appropriate tools and expertise to deliver the principles of two important documents on peace building in Timor-Leste; The National Action Plan (NAP) on the UN Security Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) and the Chega! Report (the final report of Timor-Leste’s Truth and Reconciliation Reception).The manual also compliments other training manuals which focus on the transmission of more specific skills in leadership, mediation, conflict resolution, and trauma healing.

Improving the Lives of Women Survivors in Timor-Leste

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020

The research report provides an insight into the lives of 77 women survivors across three municipalities, Baucau, Covalima and Ouecusse; and shows results from Participatory Action Research (PAR) that many women survivors remain vulnerable because of existing inequalities, such as limited access to social assistance, information, and their rights, which then restricts their ability to meet their needs and escape conditions of economic vulnerability. To address these issues, ACbit concludes with five recommendations to present to the Government, civil society groups and the community in 2020.

UN Women Timor-Leste Quarterly Newsletter | October - December 2019

Date: Monday, February 3, 2020

In this edition, UN Women Timor-Leste’s newsletter covering: [*] Timor-Leste’s participation in the Beijing +25 Intergovernmental Meeting [*] The Success story of Gender Equality Commitment made by the Ministry of Interior Staffs [*] A launch of report and manual Improving the lives of Women Survivors in Timor-Leste [*] National seminar reflects on progress, key challenges and solutions to increase women’s leadership at the municipal level [*] Students and professors take action to end gender based violence, and more.

UN Women Timor Leste Quarterly Newsletter | July—September 2019

Date: Friday, December 6, 2019

In this edition: (*) Baucau's first vendor forum (*) Remembering Vicenta Maria Correia (*) Government, Academia, Civil Society and Development partners discuss the progress and potential of Gender Responsive Budgeting (*) Gender Statistics: Producing and using gender data for Sustainable Development (*) From where I stand: "Being part of LGBTI community in Timor-Leste (*) and much more...

The National Police of Timor-Leste Gender Strategy 2018-2012

Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Developed by the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) through a participatory process involving a wide range of stakeholders from within and outside of the PNTL Gender Cabinet, the National Police of Timor-Leste Gender-Strategy (2018-2020) complements the PNTL Strategy to support a professional, trust­worthy and inclusive police force. The five-year Strategy, approved by the General Commander and launched on 16 August 2018, highlights the multiple challenges that Timorese women face in the...

UN Women Timor Leste Quartery Newsletter | April—June2019

Date: Friday, August 30, 2019

In this edition: (*) President of parliament makes a pledge to advance the rights of persons with disabilities (*) From policies to personal commitment: Ngo belun joins forces with un women in the struggle to end gender-based violence (*) Timor-leste’s nap 1325 steering committee submits progress report for the un secretary general’s report on women, peace and security (*) Planning for results and reaching for gender equality (*) Rural women sustaining timor-leste’s heritage. (*) and much more.

Table of Sexual Harassment Behavior

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Following years of advocacy by women’s organizations and civil society in Timor-Leste, there is greater attention from government institutions and the general public to the issue of sexual harassment. As part of UN Women’s partnership with the Civil Service Commission to address sexual harassment in the Public Administration, this poster was developed in collaboration with the JU’S, and illustrates various forms of sexual harassment behaviours.

Maubisse Declaration Phase Two 2018 – 2023

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The 8th Constitutional Government adopted the second Maubisse Declaration on the 12th of October 2018 in commemoration of International Day for Rural Women. This poster highlights the commitments made by 17 institutions who signed the Declaration for improving the lives of rural women and girls over a five-year period (2018-2023).